HSS 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ableism, Intersectionality, Medical Model
12 Dec 2017
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Intersectionality: from: olena hankivsky, phd intersectionality 101. Intersectionality promotes an understanding of human beings as shaped by the interaction of different social locations (e. g. , race"/ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, class, sexuality, geography, age, disability/ability, migration status, religion). These interactions occur within a context of connected systems and structures of power (e. g. , laws, policies, state governments and other political and economic unions, religious institutions, media). Through such processes, interdependent forms of privilege and oppression shaped by colonialism, imperialism, racism, homophobia, ableism and patriarchy are created: put simply: according to an intersectionality perspective, inequities are never the result of single, distinct factors. Rather, they are the outcome of intersections of different social locations, power relations and experiences. What do we know: medical model - recap, social model recap. Disability = lack of modification which would allow full participation of the impaired. Impairment = physical lack of leg/sight which limits ones movement.
